Arlen Hird — Trumbo Character Profile

About Arlen Hird

Trumbo's close friend and fellow blacklisted writer who dies destitute from cancer, highlighting the personal toll of the Hollywood Blacklist.

Character Facts

Played by

Louis C.K.

Appears in

Trumbo (2015)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Arlen Hird — Family Blacklisted Comrade — Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston)

  Shares professional persecution and financial destitution with Trumbo.

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